Sighting in Rentree Atmospherique — National, January 25, 2009
France
Sighting on January 25, 2009 in Rentree Atmospherique — National (France). GEIPAN identified the phenomenon with certainty: it was a meteor or fireball (class A).
What happened
A large number of people reported seeing a bright object, either to the GEIPAN or on various websites, in connection with an event on 25 January 2009 at about 21:22 universal time, which was 22:22 local time. It was the entry into the atmosphere of a meteoroid, a fireball with a magnitude of -10. A document from the REFORME network devoted to this fireball gathers information about the event.
The GEIPAN classified the case as A, meaning the phenomenon was identified as the atmospheric re-entry of a fireball. The investigation report does not give the details of individual observations, such as shape, colour, duration or trajectory.
Account rewritten by SkyUnknown from the investigation report published by GEIPAN (CNES). The original text and case documents are on the official record.
- Date
- January 25, 2009
- Location
- Rentree Atmospherique — National · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- A
- Explanation
- Meteors and fireballs
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 2009-01-01962
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